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On Monday, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction announced a statewide update to the PowerSchool student information system which will provide "preferred name" fields populating student records.

Equality NC urges the NC congressional delegation – including Sens. Tillis and Burr – to follow their constituents' lead by protecting LGBTQ North Carolinians from discrimination.

On Thursday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that the agency would implement President Joe Biden's Executive Order that bars discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

More than 91,000 active military personnel and 790,00 veterans reside in the Tar Heel State.

Orange County becomes the first North Carolina county to pass nondiscrimination protections, while Greensboro and Durham join three other cities in adopting ordinances.

Durham City Council and Orange County Commission will take up LGBTQ ordinances next week, fueling statewide momentum

Leaders in several other NC communities set to take up their own LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances later this month.

Local leaders move forward a month after municipalities in North Carolina regained the power to protect LGBTQ residents from discrimination.

Equality NC and the Campaign for Southern Equality urge local leaders to pass LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections.

Equality NC & Campaign for Sourthern Equality spoke with The News and Observer.